diff --git a/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh b/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
index 9aa2aec7d9f..2c7e3532006 100644
--- a/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
+++ b/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ mount -t sysfs none /sys
 mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none /dev
 mkdir -m 0755 -p /dev/pts
 mount -t devpts none /dev/pts
+mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
 needWritableDir /tmp 01777
 needWritableDir /var 0755
 needWritableDir /nix/var 0755
diff --git a/system/system.nix b/system/system.nix
index 8978473c872..516e69a6ec7 100644
--- a/system/system.nix
+++ b/system/system.nix
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ rec {
     pkgs.time
     pkgs.udev
     pkgs.upstart
+    pkgs.usbutils
     pkgs.utillinux
     pkgs.wirelesstools
     nix